2016考研英语二真题及答案

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2016 考研英语二真题及答案

Section 1 Use of English

Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered

blank and mark [A], [B], [C] or [D] on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

Happy people work differently. They’re more productive, more creative, and

willing to take greater

risks. And new research suggests that happiness might influence__1__firm’s

work, too.

Companies located in places with happier people invest more, according to a

recent research

paper.__2__, firms in happy places spend more on R&D (research and

development). That’s because

happiness is linked to the kind of longer-term thinking__3__for making

investments for the future.

The researchers wanted to know if the__4__and inclination for risk-taking that

come with happiness

would__5__the way companies invested. So they compared U.S. cities’ average

happiness__6__by Gallup

polling with the investment activity of publicly traded firms in those areas.

__7__enough, firms’ investment and R&D intensity were correlated with the

happiness of the area in

which they were__8__.But is it really happiness that’s linked to investment,

or could something else about

happier cities__9__why firms there spend more on R&D? To find out, the

researchers controlled for

various__10__that might make firms more likely to invest – like size,

industry, and sales – and for

indicators that a place was__11__to live in, like growth in wages or

population. The link between happiness

and investment generally__12__even after accounting for these things.

The correlation between happiness and investment was particularly strong for

younger firms, which

the authors__13__to “less codified decision making process” and the possible

presence of “younger and

less__14__managers who are more likely to be influenced by sentiment.” The

relationship

was__15__stronger in places where happiness was spread more__16__.Firms seem to

invest more in places

where most people are relatively happy, rather than in places with happiness

inequality.

__17__ this doesn’t prove that happiness causes firms to invest more or to

take a longer-term view, the authors believe it at least__18__at that

possibility. It’s not hard to imagine that local culture and

sentiment would help__19__how executives think about the future. “It surely

seems plausible that happy

people would be more forward-thinking and creative and__20__R&D more than the

average,” said one

researcher.

1. [A] why

[B] where

[C] how

[D] when

2. [A] In return

[B] In particular

[C] In contrast

[D] In conclusion

3. [A] sufficient

[B] famous

[C] perfect

[D] necessary

4. [A] individualism

[B] modernism

[C] optimism

[D] realism

5. [A] echo

[B] miss

[C] spoil

[D] change

6. [A] imagined

[B] measured

[C] invented

[D] assumed

7. [A] Sure

[B] Odd

[C] Unfortunate [D] Often

8. [A] advertised

[B] divided

[C] overtaxed

[D] headquartered

9. [A] explain

[B] overstate

[C] summarize

[D] emphasize

10. [A] stages

[B] factors

[C] levels

[D] methods

11. [A] desirable

[B] sociable

[C] reputable

[D] reliable

12. [A] resumed

[B] held

[C]emerged

[D] broke

13. [A] attribute

[B] assign

[C] transfer

[D]compare

14. [A] serious

[B] civilized

[C] ambitious

[D]experienced

15. [A] thus

[B] instead

[C] also

[D] never

16. [A] rapidly

[B] regularly

[C] directly

[D] equally

17. [A] After

[B] Until

[C] While

[D] Since

18. [A] arrives

[B] jumps

[C] hints

[D] strikes

19. [A] shape

[B] rediscover

[C] simplify

[D] share

20. [A]

pray for

[B] lean towards

[C] give away

[D] send out

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